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U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson to visit Bay Area

Release Date: 09/28/2009
Contact Information: Wendy Chavez, 415/947-4248, chavez.wendy@epa.gov

First visit to California as head of Agency

(SAN FRANCISCO) -- This week, President Obama’s Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Lisa P. Jackson will visit California for the first time as head of the Agency. On Tuesday, September 29, Administrator Jackson will headline this year’s State of the San Francisco Estuary conference, sharing the Obama Administration’s plans for improving the nation’s water quality, creating green jobs, tackling climate change, and restoring sound science to environmental policy.

Later that evening, Administrator Jackson will give the keynote address at a Commonwealth Club of California. She will lay out her vision for cleaning up America's air, water and land.

State of the San Francisco Estuary conference
WHAT: U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will give opening remarks at the State of the San Francisco Estuary conference.

WHEN: Tuesday, September 29, 9:00 a.m.

WHERE: Oakland Marriott City Center, 1001 Broadway, Oakland, Calif.

12th Street, City Center BART station

Press admission is complimentary. Pre-registration is advisable. (Members of the media, please register with Lisa Owens-Viani at lowensviani@waterboards.ca.gov). To view the full program, go to: http://sfestuary.org/soe


Commonwealth Club
WHAT: U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson Keynote Address

WHEN: Tuesday, September 29, 5:30 p.m. Check-in, 6:00 p.m. program

WHERE: Fairmont Hotel, 950 Mason St., San Francisco

PRICE: $15 for Members, $25 for Non-members

To buy tickets call 415/597-6705 or register at www.commonwealthclub.org

CONTACT: Riki Rafner, Public Relations Director, rrafner@commonwealthclub.org
Eddie Lee, Public Relations Fellow, 415/597-6734

Media interested in attending should please RSVP to elee@commonwealthclub.org by noon day of event.